摘要：This symposium outlines a national (Northern Ireland) response to health and social care staff wellbeing during the COIVD-19 pandemic. The policy and clinical context are set by the first paper that describes a framework that was developed and produced with input from all health and social care organisations in Northern Ireland. This framework guided leaders and managers of services to respond positively to the demands being placed on their staff and created a unified national approach to staff wellbeing through the pandemic. The effect of this framework on service provision will be described. The second paper describes a longitudinal survey of all health and social care staff in Northern Ireland in order to assess the wellbeing of health and social care staff in Northern Ireland throughout the COVID-19 outbreak and to check if the psychological supports provided by the health and social care organisations were meeting staff wellbeing needs. The two survey time points to date have found high levels of distress and highlighted the continued need to provide wellbeing support and to innovate to reach more staff. The third paper describes the experience of staff providing wellbeing supports to health care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many psychological professionals were redeployed to provide such staff support. It was largely a valued and positive experience. The symposium highlights the importance of a unified national response to staff support and is an exemplar of policy, practice, and research working in tandem.
